There is also an important statement that both endings have been trying to tell us: keeping moving forward no matter what you lose. From the ending's prospective, it's either going backwards or moving forwards to avoid the same mistakes from before
You Know What I Just Realized... All Those Times When The World Tried To Kill Chloe... THIS TORNADO Was It's Last Resort. After They Survived... The World Was Like.. "Fuck It. I'm Done"
+Dinonumber yes, we do know. The universe, destiny, or whatever it was that gave Max her powers wanted her to make that choice of sacrificing Chloe or Arcadia. She got her rewind power AFTER she had the vision of the tornado. So, the universe knew that Max was going to save Chloe and that's how it all started, when Max saved her. Even they realized that. Remember when Chloe said that they were meant to be together at that moment in history. So if you choose this ending, Chloe's not going to keep dying over and over.
Stuff and Thangs we are REALLY ignorant as far as the actual mechanics of how Max's power works. All we know is the effects of actions, and even then we can't be certain. I mean it COULD be the last attempt, but... as far as I know, that's just a theory. There's nothing to actually support it in the game.
+MrLores111 that...is basically life....all of these games which is developed to choose your own paths that will affect in the future....these games are technically describing all of us choosing our paths....
+MrLores111 I think the other ending makes more sense as it does seem Chloe is destined to die so if thats true then Arcadia is gone and she could still die. While this could be seen as a 'bad' ending and the other just has everything reset, the choices were a lot more meaningful than telltale games where your choices all lead to the same ending no matter what which I really dislike.
+MrLores111 It is between selfish and selfless. Max knows she caused the whole chain of events by intervening when someone got shot. She didn't even know it was Chloe at the time. By standard definitions, the moral thing to do was to go back and let nature take its course, or as Spock would say, "The needs of the many, outweigh the needs of the few, or the one." An immoral person would take the selfish route to please themselves and sacrifice the many for the one. A classic symptom of anti-social personality disorder.
+jfabritz Does it disturb your order or understanding of "right" if it was equally selfish either way? Or rather, that picking one person you love over the town you love, is somehow still the same on the inside. Are the overall social pressures of being an outstanding or good person always defined by how many you save over how many you lose. I think people are never sure. Those that are, have rationalized it somehow, but I am not going to argue about how it would be bad if a person blah blah blah, evocative thought seems to be your strength so I will just point to an alternate reality where God/Destiny/etc. wanted arcadia bay to be destroyed and after many attempts ti fix things chloe tells max she can't, max sacrifices the many and chloe goes on to cure world hunger/ cancer/etc. although my point may be lost if I didn't emphasize that she could go on to do the usual stuff and that is still life. We just don't know...
I believe those who picked this ending just want Chloe alive. Notice how dreamy it is? Bright and sunny. Destruction all around but the road is clear. No definitive resolve as to who lived or who died. Animal spirits. I'm starting to think that maybe Max and Chloe are trapped in limbo or an alternate reality. If that's the case then Max and Chloe can live happily *ever* after and for eternity.
+NiZZULiVΞ it kind of reminds me of Schrodinger's cat. You can't deny that chloe in that reality where she lived doesn't exist, she tells her that what they shared was real and that she'll be with her forever regardless of what decision she makes. So regardless of what Max picked, the fact that the option is there means that both realities exist and it becomes just a matter of which world Max would rather live in. One in which she let a town of people be destroyed while having her best friend with her, or one without her best friend? games have a way of making u open up to such crazy theories it's so great
I just can't get over the fact that people wouldn't get in their cars and ride away from Arcadia Bay. The tornado is moving so slowly, I mean wow. They must have had plenty of time to drive away.
+Grobee Like AceofArrows said, roads probably were blocked and not everyone had functioning cars. Not to mention the lack of gas to run the vehicle (if the cars aren't hybrids) itself. Surely, some people did probably leave but I wouldn't say a lot of people left Arcadia. Plus, everyone was in a panic and couldn't think very clearly. In the Main timeline where Max escapes the Dark Room via David, you can see that a lot of cars are broken and abandoned.
Fuck it, I saved Chloe! For all those saying it's a selfish ending, picture yourself in Max's shoes. In the event of your loved one or the town, would you really have used the photo? Think about it. It's literally the train situation. Do you save the all the people tied on one track or do you save your loved one tied to the other? Your choice is who dies. I made mine.
+xxBXTxx Some people just hate everything in life. Now this game will be buried in my thoughts as the best game of me lyfe. And now back to fucking reality. My finals is next week.......
This ending packs more of an emotional punch, especially with the music. Knowing that Chloe lost everything and them driving off. It feels like a real ending, especially with the sign at the end.
+Andy Shepard That's not snow, look at the whole last 2 minutes. That's most likely shit just floating around in the wind from the wreckage. Edit: Actually think its bugs. They're flying around like they're alive. Also, not a cloud in the sky. Ermahgerd double edit: Those are flower seeds. Google/UA-cam flower seeds. And look at the large ones in the last 15 secs of this video on the verrry right. Apparently after bad storms you will see a lot of that due to the wind.
supa, the thing is that with that, its just like holding something and keeping it after a rewind or whatever to for example break the fire alarm glass. like being a tourist, she wasn't gonna stay in that reality and go through her life all over again and stuff.
nicotine, her power creates the storm so that means while she uses it for being a hero the thing grows. It's as if the gods were bored one day and wanted to try something new to see the outcome. Like if they wanted to get a really good story from their creation, showcasing all their humanly aspects come alive in a deep and emotional raw way all at once, to feel happy about what love is all about and how it is central to creation. fucked up for the specimen though, sorta.
This is the ending i chosed and i don't have regrets. I just can't bear the thought of letting Chloe die. And who said that letting Chloe die fixed everything: in the other ending we see Chloe funeral, but what happen next? Maybe the strange events and the tornado happens again. In this ending the tornado destroyed the city but not Chloe that is supposed to be causing all of this? Why? And in the end the sky is bright and the sun shines when Max and Chloe leave the city, the tornado vanished. And what if Chloe had to survive, instead of die? Wer'e talking about time travels and changing reality: there's nothing proven we can know about such things. Max feels guilty because she think she's started all of this, but she dreamed of the storm before rewinding the time for the first... time (sorry) so, maybe, the storm had just to heppen no matter what. Maybe max mission, or destiny, was from the start to save Chloe form the storm. I don't know for sure, but there are so many variables that one cannot just say for sure that the other ending is better: we should have seen what will happen in next days after the endings. Only sure thing is that "Life is strange" touched every one of us deeply. Thank you so much Dontnod!
If you think of multiple realities (timelines) and Max jumping from one to another every time she messes with time.. Then it's not even a matter of saving Chloe or Arcadia Bay, but choosing which reality you want to live on. In other words, choosing to "Save Arcadia Bay" means Max you'll jump to that reality, but both timelines will happen anyway. So I personally choose to stick with Chloe with no regrets.
In a way, you could say that you're saving the bay in both endings, depending on your definition of the bay. In this ending the town is destroyed, but notice the family of deer near the end. This is a sign that nature is reclaiming the land. The town can't harm the land anymore, and balance has been restored. Also notice that they specifically show Pan Estates in ruins, which was also ruining everything. So in one ending you save the town of Arcadia Bay, and in the other ending the land of Arcadia Bay.
don't judge me...but I sacrificed Arcadia Bay. I know what it' like to lose something important. This makes me feel like that important thing is still there. So that's my choice.
That's also my ending... I think that's what Max want. I want it. I save many people during storm - not all of them dies. I just choose between the one people who Max love and group of citisens. I choose love. If I didnt't save Chloe - that's make no sense. She understand all her faults. She's a better person after all this storm. Maybe we have a power to rescue her life and her soul against all the world. Sorry for bad english. Im not native speaker and my language skills are a litte shitty. Great game... I see another choice and .... I feel totally fucked.
if i had someone like chloe who was my everything, I would always choose her. for those of you who haven't been through a similar situation, you wouldn't understand... but i actually have. and life feels hollow and dead without them. It is the worst thing ever. but it does suck that everything else gets ruined... but id rather die than loose the one thing i live for and love most.
If you feel that way, its fine to me because i still prefer this ending, also don't forget that the prescott family owned most of the town. I wonder how they felt after they lost almost everything they owned in the sacrifice arcadia bay ending
to avoid depression, I just combine both endings into one. This is how my idea went: After the Sacrifice Chloe ending, Nathan is later broken out of prison by the Prescotts along with Jefferson (who convinced them to free him) during the next day. Motivated by Jefferson's thirst for revenge, they formed a crime syndicate with his help. At the same time, Max has a nightmare that involves seeing Arcadia Bay under the control of the Prescotts, with many people either being killed or enslaved. The nightmare starts to comes true when two days later, the Prescotts launch an attack on one of the homes that left no evidence. This continued to happen after several days with the police still unable to find proof, leading Max to find out why this is happening via nightmare: because the storm never happened, the Prescotts and Jefferson's wrath will continue to secretly spread to other towns and cities close to Arcadia Bay with millions of people also being killed or enslaved by the now-powerful crime syndicate. To prevent even more innocent lives from dying, she must allow the storm to destroy Arcadia Bay to prevent the founding of the crime syndicate. The same blue butterfly appears and leads her to a picture of the lighthouse (which has apparently taken before the storm was about to happen). She then uses it to travel back in time and explains everything to chloe, which then starts the Sacrifice Arcadia Bay ending. In the end, Max finds herself with chloe in her truck, driving down a highway in the middle of a desert.
but you would sacrifice a whole town. So, there is a chance you would kill off girls who are far hotter than she is! Chloe is just average looking emo girl in my opinion.
Yungboy 123 You would sacrifice your other friends and family members too just over that one friend. You might lose much more! Her other friend Warren is dead in this ending.
This ending is perfect for people who want her to live as Chloe finally gets everything she wants. She's found peace and hapiness, she's gotten her best friend back, and she gets to do what she's always wanted which is to hop her car and just leave that shithole of a town with someone she cares about. It's Chloe's silver lining and whoever fell in love with her character chose this ending because of that.
This ending is close to Helen of Troy's enigma "a face that launched a thousand ships". Chloe is "a girl worth a whole town" or something of that sort. It's an awesome tragedy (literature). I know, yes. 1. It's weird because Chloe's mom is in that town and Max had Kate, Warren, Dana, Alyssa, etc. 2. What the actual fuck Chloe was CHILL with Max's decision. 3. They didn't even look for her mom or their friends after However, This ending is more intriguing and... 'fresh'. I chose to Sacrifice Chloe during the first run, the ending was so typical of every time travel movie I've seen, it didn't evoke any emotion out of me. Maybe that's why I liked this one.
+Ae C They knew they died. And Chloe is completely loyal to max. She knew everybody else just to wipe the death off her, and she knew what max did was right.
+Ae C Max's fault I guess, Chloe could have assumed they already looked out for them in another timeline, in which they found everyone is dead, and didn't want to push Max to tell her.
Guilherme Martins I bet they didn't. 1. Because Max knew one reality where the diner blew up and she probably assumed that that's what happened in the current reality. If they did search for them, they wouldn't be able to SMILE at all in that last bit. Chloe even "reassured" Max which is strange since(assuming that they did look for loved ones) she just saw her mother's dead body.
Exactly. I mean, saving everyone that clearly doesn't give a shit about you and that appreciate you just because you tell them what they want to hear isn't true friendship. They were just looking for a person like Max as a foil. That prooves how shitty they can be. If Max would just have been true to herself, they would just have rejected her. When the other Max told her "you just wanted to be popular", well, I actually think that the other people (like Brooke, character that I can't stand, or Justin, that found that Max was cool when she start to talk about skateboard... this isn't accepting people for who they are, but much liking them because they talk about what you love) were the one who actually wanted to be popular. Not kind, not understanding, just popular, where in fact it's not about being the best, but a better person (point that they clearly miss). However, Chloe was always a friend to Max, even when they argued or when shit hits the fan. Yes Chloe is an outsider who is sometimes out of control and selfish, but look at her life : no one would like a past like her. This ending actually proves that people always have a second chance when they make amend. What Chloe actually did before Max took that decision. Also, Chloe wasn't MEANT to die. If she would, Max wouldn't have this power in the first place. This is how fate and destiny works: if something has to happen, nothing can prevent it, there wouldn't be an opportunity or even a chance to save her in any shape or form, with or without superpowers. And since Max had the vision of the storm BEFORE discovering her power, that proves once more that this storm was meant to happen. I don't get how people can sacrifice the person that they love the most just to wash their hands clean out of the mess that they did. It is not what I call a responsible choice (you have to face the consequences of your actions, what the game actually teaches us through all the episodes), and sacrificing someone just to have your consciousness clear is just cowardice. Valuing the life of people that can actually drive away (the storm doesn't appear in a blink of an eye and people had WAAAY much time to escape) over the life of the person that you cared the most about isn't valuing what true friendship is. It is actually dishonesty to its extreme. Most of the people didn't give a shit about Max, so why would she? Plus of that, nothing says that everyone died. If the deers has survived, so people can (the whales obviously couldn't as the storm hit the sea and we all know that they can't live outside it). The fact that one of the body is covered by a blanket proves that there has been survivors of the storm. Every character was complaining about this town. It might be horrible to see it wracked, but that's actually how ends and beginnings are: sometimes, an act of destruction is an act of creation (quote from Donnie Darko). Losing everything actually gives you the opportunity to start again, something better, in another place. Better going through this than sitting and waiting for the Prescott to take over and enslaving people just because they have financial power over everyone. If there is no town anymore, then the Prescott lose their power over it, and people are actually free from that moment. Long comment, but I wanted to express that, and hey, it's just an opinion based on my value ;)
Why must you choose between saving the town or Chloe if the game’s directive says that max must use her powers to save Arcadia bay? That could’ve been a mistake or a suggestion.
Watching this ending makes me feel a lot better, the sacrifice Chloe ending really hit me hard. However does anyone else think that, since LIS took place in one week, in that time a giant hurricane emerged to destroy the city because Max defied fate by saving Chloe again and again, what will happen in a month, of a few years if she keeps on saving her? It could lead to the destruction of the entire planet if this keeps happening. Anyone else agree?
+Greg Courtney When Max came back to save Williams, and thus changing the course of history, no big hurricane emerged. So maybe it is not at every saving that fate will throw an hurricane.
Greg Courtney maybe, but if people keep saying that this ending is selfish then why was it placed in the game for? Maybe because some people aren’t comfortable with the other ending. Also, the storm is a natural disaster like the September 11 attacks, except it was caused.
I rlly like the ending song of this "obstacles" bcuz it represents how this is just another obstacle that they both need to overcome... How the hell did Max is given powers if she is not gonna use it to save Chloe... I think that Max is given powers to save Chloe and not let her die... Maybe letting Chloe lived is Chloe's and Max's destiny... Maybe fate is just testing them and see if they will do anything for each other.. I just want them to be happy 😖😖😖
What I don't understand is, why didn't people leave, or at least go somewhere safe?! That tornado was going super slow, and somehow Max and Chloe managed to get to a safe place. So why couldn't they?!
Hmmm... actually think this is the happier ending for them 2. I get a whole town is dead, but neither of them really cared nearly as much for anyone in the town. Also now the guilt that Max would of felt is not something she has to hide from the world and face alone, she has someone who actually understands her in this version of the world.
Everyone is sad because they let Joyce,Warren,and other people she cared about die. But I'm seriously sad for Frank too.He was rude but he has a good heart too.
For me it's not which ending had the most hope, but which one had the most despair. Choice 1: You save Arcadia Bay, but all the pain and torment Max went through to save Chloe would of been for nothing. The dark room, the nightmares, all of it was for nothing. Kate lives no matter what, so the fight to keep her alive was for nothing. All the times you save Alyssa, didn't happen. All your choices and decisions was for nothing. Choice 2: You save Chloe, someone who you've fought tooth and nail for, but at the cost of so many people you've learned to care for. Warren, Joyce, David (possibly, he could be in the dark room with Jefferson/corpse), Kate if she lived, and everyone else. Even if they live, everything they own and their homes are destroyed.
+Paper Toadette David won't be in the Dark room in this ending. He arrested Jefferson in the day prior, because Max convinced Chloe not to look for Nathan. So David is probably at their house. It's not probable that anyone lived, because the storm reached ALL of Arcadia bay. We know this because it hit even the Dark Room barn, which is the farthest location from the shore. I'm not sure how tornadoes work, but if we go on an assumption that they move in a curve or in a straight line, and knowing it was going on the other direction from the lighthouse, MAYBE the Prescott Estate, the Junkyard and the Barn are still standing. but Two whales was definitely hit, and Chloe's house, and Blackwell.
+kinodesplat Yeah....except for an EF-Over9000 Tornado there, this was EF3 at best. And I do know waterspouts aren't as strong as this one. Usually As for curve, it can happen, just depends on meteorological patterns and jet flow direction
Thank you so much for posting this special ending. Just watched your main video... Who else would have chosen this ending? Save your best friend / girlfriend instead of a town?
+Martin Konrad i would have. i mean.. i didnt watch episode 5 yet, so i wouldnt know, but dont all of the people in this town see this tornado? or were they just like 'oh shit there is a huge fucking tornado coming my way. nah, ill just sit right in front of my house and wait until its over.'?
I don't give a shit I would do that to Cloe or anyone I love that same treatment.When you say "I love you and will do anything for you" this is what it means.
Harsh but so fucking true trust me better to live with reality than a glass house which will break.It's not being selfish if you loved someone so much that you would do anything this means anything. Fucking hell this took me in an emotional roller coast I'm telling you but if I find a chick like Cloe with Blue hair I'm jumping xD
i can't understand those who chose to save Arcadia Bay. Max has no attache there, no one for who she really really cares. Chloe is everything to her. Their love is the whole point of the game, something that never fails. I chose to save Chloe and i absolutely do not regret that.
+Celestial Crystal ASMR MAYBE BECAUSE THERE THOUSANDS PEOPLE IN ARCADIA BAY!!! FAMILIES CHILDREN WONDERFUL PEOPLE NOT DESERVING TO DIE YOU ARE REALLY A SELFISH AND EVIL HUMAN BEING IF YOU SAVE ONE PERSON OVER THOUSANDS.
for some twisted reason I like this ending much better. I love Chloes character and I couldn't stand to see Max cry over having to let her die. but this way you don't see the dead bodies and it's got a sad but happy ending for Chloe and Max
"Max, It's time" "Not anymore"...Oh my tears dropping again :') (happy ones) I wish I could choose an ending where Max suicide or something so everyones lives but nope, so, Chloe was always my number one priority xoxo
The people that don't like this ending have obviously never been truly in love. When it comes down to it, I'd watch the world burn to save the one I love.
+Chef Larom Agreed. Though I don't think either ending are particularly "bad" overall. It's not an easy choice. Do you love someone enough to let them die when they ask you to? Or do you love someone enough to save them and let others die? If I were Max, I definitely would hesitate, because this is someone who I just spent the craziest week of my life with --- someone who I am closer to than ever before. Someone I've already seen die. I think the main point is, neither of the decisions are easy and they both have different consequences you don't like. ;;
+Chef Larom If the world burned wouldn't the one you love also die? All her family and friends would die too, she would probably kill herself if not hate you forever for killing everyone she cared for.
Chef Larom Hmm, okay, you'd sacrifice thousand of innocent strangers (kids, women, working men, elderly), just to save one. So glad you don't have any power on the world stage...
I've been in love, but I don't sacrifice my morals when I do. There's other people, like me, who would also be deeply in love (like David and Joyce, Warren, possibly Victoria) and choosing to sacrifice an entire town of people, leaving any sole survivors with only death and destruction, is causing a lot more harm than sacrificing one person - albeit the one you love. You wouldn't like to lose that one love, so why would you purposely inflict that pain *hundreds* of people? Clearly, you've never learned to say good bye and move on.
Well, the other ending is pretty emotional, but this one only gave me emotion because of the song from the end of episode 1, I felt the nostalgia back to when I played this game for the first time, also because of what this song means to me
+Domic-Chan life is not black and white, good or bad choices, life is in a grey area. think of who you love most in the world friend, family, whomever and then think back to that choice. it's not easy either way you slice it.
+TheLastPrawn It's true that life isn't completely black and white, but how black and white it is depends on how you look at it, what your values are, and how selfless you're willing to be.
I think I’ve figured something out, the final choice isn’t technically focused on saving lives, it’s focusing on ending the paradox. Sacrificing Chloe will undo the changes and stop the paradox from happening in the first place while sacrificing Arcadia bay will allow the damage to heal itself after the storm passes. Plus, Chloe is fine with either choice and won’t protest. She wasn’t insisting that you should sacrifice her, she’s suggesting two options that you must choose from to end the paradox: going back to undo the damage or keep moving forward and allowing the damage to automatically repair itself.
I dont really know what choice I would make in real life, anybody can pretend to be the hero in what if scenarios but if I had to choose between a town and the girl I love I honestly dont know what I would do. I love games that make you look deep into your own personal moral compass
Dark Wonder me too, and I would consider this the true ending since the sequel takes place in a different area with new characters, plus I hope some people managed to survive that storm. For those who don’t agree with me, pretend I never said this
....you know what. I believe this is the best ending. Because you and Chloe get to be together, like you guys wanted. Fuck Arcadia Bay, save Chloe. "Bae over the bay"
I feel this was the really selfish ending. Max basically played "god" and killed hundreds of people, basically murdering them, just so she could have her best friend. GOD the other ending is so much better. This ending makes Chloe and Max seem like total bitches. THEY DIDN'T EVEN SEEM SAD THAT ALL THEIR FRIENDS AND CLHOE'S FAMILY JUST DIED!!!!
When it was the time to make the choice, I turned off my console. I couldnt choose between them. I always put myself in the main characters shoes when playing and Chloe was my best friend. I felt guilty for abandoning her and couldnt let her die without going through that week. At the same time, I couldnt let Arcadia Bay die. Warren, Kate, Joyce. Everyone. But by watching this scene I could see that Im putting myself in the wrong person's shows. I know Max would for the rest of her life feel bad about herself know matter which ending you choose. But what about Chloe? Imagine looking at all that destruction and feeling responsible for that. Knowing that your mother, your sted-dad, all your friends died because of you, because you wouldnt die. If she wouldnt blame herself, she would blame Max. For not making the choice, for letting her live but everyone else die. Doing that to Chloe would be worse than the wheelchair.(she felt so guilty about her parents. About what they were going through.) I still havent made my mind. But I really don't think they would be happy after all this. Even after going to L.A. Even if they have each other. I just wish Max had warned everyone in the town about the tornado, Idk. I dont wanna make this choice
i like how the developers doesn't show any sign of lives other than the two implying its up to us to interpret the situation, some might survived. But at the end we saw them leaving Arcadia Bay seems to emphasize that everyone is dead
So Chloe has to die. The universe is trying to get rid of her for some reason, but we keep saving her. I'm assuming that even after this event Max will have to keep saving her and the universe will have to keep going out of its way to get the job done(maybe an asteroid will do?). I guess the timeline with Chloe's father not getting into an accident would be the best for everyone (arguably including Max). I prefer the other ending.
+Gergo049 I wouldnt say the universe trys to kill Chloe but the Universe wants that that the events around Chloe happen (like killing her) by not letting her killed by Nathan the tornado etc. was created but also could just nothing happened because in the time line evry little change will change the future so after this Chloe isnt in the Spotlight by the universe only the reason for the Storm i think ;D
2 years later they moved And build up their own house And their Friendship Never ends, Some day Chloe and Maxine Went In arcadia bay visited Their old home Some new things happened in Arcadia Bay, Credits after
It kinda seems like some people (like Joyce, Warren and Frank) would've survived as the dinner was still standing just like how it was when Max went in it to get the photo. So to me this seems like when it says "sacrifice Arcadia Bay" it literally means the town, not the people.
I have some things to say: 1. Not all stories have good endings okay, infinity war had a sad ending too 2. Both endings are sad, unlike the prequel, which had a happy ending 3. I don't think everybody died in the storm, some people may have survived as long as there is hope 4. Would you sacrifice the one life you care for or a million innocent lives? Like Ratchet said in Transformers Animated: "Heroes are the ones who make the hard choices?" 5. Sometime after I watched the other ending, I saw a vision of that ending played out differently: When Nathan was about to kill Chloe, Max jumped in between them and Nathan ended up killing them both. Everything else is the same, except there are two coffins instead of one and Max isn't among everyone else at the funeral (you know why so don't ask). I don't know why I thought of this but I thought this was even worse. 6. We've seen Chloe die six times already. 7. Don't forget this everyone, this is all fictional, so it won't affect you in real life other than your reactions.
me to, because i believe a bigger disaster would happen if the town wasn't destroyed. wasn't there a rich family (the prescotts) living in the town and have control over almost the whole place, even the police
People in Arcadia bay would survive the storm but only a little percentage can,Or if they evacuated when they saw the Tornado or heard of it,They should've ran away
which is why I don't understand and why I saved Chloe Just evacuate the damn town..you had FOUR DAYS warning and you literally saw what happened I don't care how you have to convince people. The game is lovely and I'm so glad they made it..don't get me wrong..but I thought that could have been handled better.
its not safe to drive in a storm, but i did believe some people did survive: 1. blackwell academy is a solid brick building and it should've been able to survive the storm, which means that everyone there may still be alive 2. the barn is not too close to the town, meaning that david must've survived if he stayed there 3. The two whales diner is still standing despite taking serious damage, meaning that the people in the diner (joyce, warren, frank, and pompdou) could still be alive. I know the diner exploded earlier, but there's a chance that may have been changed by max's time travel ability 4. the town apparently had bunkers so some people must have survived (all these theories did not come from me) 5. This is my own theory: the prescott family may have survived the storm and since they're rich, they can help rebuild the town
I sacrificed Arcadia Bay without any hesitation. For me, it wasn't a choice. I actually laughed at the fact the game even gave me the option to let Chloe die. Saving Chloe, the love of Max's life, her best friend that she grew up with, her entire reason for changing time, was the only thing to do; out of all those people - most of whom were corrupt, evil or abusive in some way - how many romances as strong and life-long as Max and Chloe's would have occurred? None. Such a love is worth more than Arcadia Bay, it has no price, because no sacrifice is too great for such a love. If Max had let Chloe die, she would be left to live the rest of her life in loneliness with a hole in her heart, always aching for her one true love, that she had allowed to die for the sake of an awful town. No one else, not Warren, or anybody, would ever have compared to Chloe Price. Those people don't matter to Max, or to me. Chloe is the only one who matters out of all of them. Now they get to be together for the rest of their lives
TereziLovesCandyRed they knew something huge was happening and there is no sirens or any tornado safety things in OREGON. So kinda explains it was unexpected and unprepared. Although the tornado was very quick and probably gave time for people to escape but whatever.
Alex P Honestly, after everything that had been going on, I would. Plus, she could talk to Warren and Ms Grant so they could help her try to warn people. She could also use her powers to predict a near future and prove that her vision was real
Yeah Warren would. Homeless woman would. You would. But 99% would still think she's just a little girl with big imagination. If she proves her powers to, let's say, some cop, she'll probably end up in hands of doctors or FBI agents. Be realistic.
This ending is obviously a bad choice. It would've been different had there been the least bit of reassurance regarding whether anyone survived, but the writers were smart enough to answer that question in subtle ways. Everyone did die except for Max and Chloe. This is truly a selfish ending.
+Timon Wood The Diner Seems To Be Okay Though.. Although The Sign Falls Off And Coincidentally Spell's "DI E" The Building's Okay. So There's A Small Chance That Atleast ONE Person Other Than Max And Chloe Survived.
even though i chose the other ending, i think this one is the best. if you choose the other, everything in the entire game was pointless besides finding jefferson
Equally canon ending, shame it wasn't a fleshed out. It really shows in both endings and events leading up to, that they had a lot more they wanted to do but couldn't due to budget and time restraints. Just look at all the unanswered questions from episodes 1-4 and storylines that go nowhere. Great writing team, but the realities of creating a videogame meant they couldn't do everything they wanted, something they no doubt mirrored in the two endings, you can't have it all.
Towns come back after storms, after anything. People don't. Choose Chloe like you would choose to keep Quiet in the phantom pain, because love is the only thing that matters. "Wherever I end up after this...in whatever reality...all those moments between us were real, and they'll always be ours." Chloe said this, but Quiet could have said this as well.
+A.T. Rana But in the sacrifice Arcadia bay ending literally everyone else dies except Choe and Max, nobody in the town at the time could possibly survive something like that, and that includes Joyce, Warren, Kate, David, literally every character in the game beside the main two. So it's either Chloe dies or everyone else does. I hated sacrificing Chloe but it was unfair to kill everyone else for her sake.
+Jowenbra this was proposed to me the other day. No parent wants to bury their child, it's worse than a child burying their parents. I truly believe that Joyce and David (even though he's her step dad) would sacrifice themselves to save their daughter so I don't mourn them as much cuz they would have wanted this. Kate is in the hospital so she would likely be safe leaving only Warren as the main character who wouldn't want to die. Either ending is incredibly sad but I had to save chloe cuz if I were in Max's shoes and I had to choose the person I love over everyone else or a town full of people I don't know (excluding a few she does care for), I would do the selfish thing and save my love.
Okay so even if that, that includes 100s of other people whos lives you just ended, Including dozens of little kids probably. Think of all the families that would be destroyed, it would be a national tragedy that you let happen. Also Chloe seems like she's on a it of a final destination style ride,she keeps dying and everytime you save her things get more messed up. Maybe she was destined to die and you're only delaying the inevitable, leaving a trail of destruction behind you as you try to save her again and again. I'd personally be pissed at Max if I were Chloe and Max tore the photo, I wouldn't want all that on my shoulders.
+Jowenbra I don't think anyone denies that this is the selfish ending but I also think it's very human. Humans are flawed and inherently selfish, history has shown us this thousands of times. The choice would be much harder if it was you in that exact position with the one you love standing next to you. On a side note, I don't believe chloe was meant to die. Yes she died a few times but more often it was her getting shot not some crazy accident. Yes her dying does stop the tornado but not directly. The tornado was because max screwed with time so not benefits destiny wanted chloe.
+Drey Drey UK It s not just the town being destroyed, everyone in it died too, Kate, Joyce, Warren, all the other characters too, everyone died in this ending except Chloe and Max. When I played this I did sacrifice Chloe, because even though I didn't want to, none of the other people deserved to die any more than Chloe.... Except maybe jefferson and Nathan, but depending on your choices they're both dead anyways.
just my two cents: i do not believe that there is a right or wrong or even a true ending. i can speak only for myself, but my ending was more affected by experiences in real live and how much i empathized with the protagonists instead of what is right or wrong. if you have suffered a major loss in your life this game will really f*** you up. all the memories max is pointing at through the whole game will make you feel like it's not about max and chloe, but about you and your number one priority you have lost in your life. i bet most of these people will sacrifice arcadia bay. i believe the game title (strange) is not referring to max' ability to go back in time (or to a parallel universe) and fix something. I like to think that it is referred to life itself, which is the sum of our (polarized?) choices made and how we manage to carry on. some of them are based on moral/logical standards, but we also make choices based on our emotions and feelings. therefore it is possible that the value of one person ist higher than the value of a whole town. at least for the person who has to choose. is this selfish or immoral (we love to label the behavior of other people)? - i do not know. would i sacrifice a whole town for my number one priority? - i would (not judging from experience). i think it is pretty obvious which end i chose. :) btw. a lot of people are asking why they don't even look if someone is alive. in my opinion this driving through the streets whitout making sure if anyone has survived is one of the most dramatic scenes in the whole game. it indicates that while standing at the lighthouse both knew for sure that no one is going to surive this. there is no "choose to save chloe and maybe someone survives". so they do not even bother.
people who call this selfish most likely didnt like Chloe enough to forsake their "superior" morals. in this case being we all know picking one person over a whole bunch of people is ultimately self-centered especially in this case because Max did this all to herself. lets be fair though, if she wouldve known all that, she wouldnt have done what she did but it was done and that strengthed the bond immensely between the two girl she went through all that hell maybe you shouldnt be so quick to call her selfish. we're driven by emotion and empathy but some or more controlled by logical and rational thinking despite their feelings. however, if you didnt like Chloe it would not be a hard choice for you to make. Unless you actually cared about what Max wanted and their friendship. Which was beautiful. I loved Chloe, she's my favorite. The only thing that annoyed me was her outtapocket attitude sometimes (which she would correct quicker & wasn't even that harsh, i've had brattier friends before) and her constant whining about Rachel, but i understood that so it wasnt that annoying to me because that was the whole point of the game was to find Rachel and i value friendship, especially best friendship. so i could empathize with Chloe, Max, and Rachel which I suppose tells you what choice I would go with.
B247E No prob :-) Also, this is a Shounen anime so there are your typical 'moe' girls in there. But bear with it and the end is pretty good. Also, watch Clannad. I haven't seen it but many claim it to have the most emotional impact out of all.
+Sahil Pethe +B247E You need to watch both seasons of Clannad to get the full effect. The first season dances around you and the last season is the haymaker.
Both endings gave a tear to my eye... It's not often you get this feeling of sadness from a game. I always felt sad and guilt every time I see a movie with a sad tone. Even if it's overrated or not. One of the few examples is the ending to Inside Out. Sure the story is wacky and all. But the ending where Riley cried in front of her parents with her remembering the good times they had. It's like Life is Strange's Sacrifice Chloe decision. You lost something you love and are remembering your good times with them.... Losing someone is tough. This ending really makes me cry more then the other one.. You know that Chloe should have died but you decide not to let her die, at the cost of the town's people. You know Max had a happily depressed ending. She killed an entire town for Chloe...
So glad I didn't pick this ending... It's actually shit. I would be pissed if I was Chloe, killing off EVERYONE (based off what it shows) just to save myself. Who wants to live with that guilt. Damn. You done fucked up Max. You done fucked it up.
I feel you, my heart dropped when she was paralyzed and i polished my boot when Chloe was shot in the head, i was just about to use my shiny boot to F***************** Boot the writer who made that twist's ass and re-boot it till his ass was part of his face!
so maybe im thinking too deep into this but why wasnt there an option to sacrifice max, think about it if she went back in time with the blue butterfly photo she could choose to antagonise nathan before he attacks chloe, the gun shot would be heard madsen would likly catch him leading to the exact same fate for nathan and jeffereson and there would be no chance of max ever accidentally causing this tornado again in the future with her power
Jesus both endings are sad af! The funeral in the other one and in this one, the realisation that Joyce, Warren, and Kate are all probably dead... I'm crying
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I feel like this quote fits really well for the ending: "To the world you might, just be a person; but, to a person you might just be the world."
There is also an important statement that both endings have been trying to tell us: keeping moving forward no matter what you lose. From the ending's prospective, it's either going backwards or moving forwards to avoid the same mistakes from before
You Know What I Just Realized... All Those Times When The World Tried To Kill Chloe... THIS TORNADO Was It's Last Resort. After They Survived... The World Was Like.. "Fuck It. I'm Done"
+疑問符 (Question Mark) Chloe is now immortal
+疑問符 (Question Mark) We don't know for sure this was the last attempt.
+疑問符 (Question Mark) It's a maybe. It could be like Steins;Gate and be something that was prolonged.
+Dinonumber yes, we do know.
The universe, destiny, or whatever it was that gave Max her powers wanted her to make that choice of sacrificing Chloe or Arcadia. She got her rewind power AFTER she had the vision of the tornado. So, the universe knew that Max was going to save Chloe and that's how it all started, when Max saved her.
Even they realized that. Remember when Chloe said that they were meant to be together at that moment in history.
So if you choose this ending, Chloe's not going to keep dying over and over.
Stuff and Thangs
we are REALLY ignorant as far as the actual mechanics of how Max's power works. All we know is the effects of actions, and even then we can't be certain.
I mean it COULD be the last attempt, but... as far as I know, that's just a theory. There's nothing to actually support it in the game.
I think neither of these endings are good or bad. They all have pros and cons. It's just... your moral decision.
+MrLores111 that...is basically life....all of these games which is developed to choose your own paths that will affect in the future....these games are technically describing all of us choosing our paths....
+MrLores111 I think the other ending makes more sense as it does seem Chloe is destined to die so if thats true then Arcadia is gone and she could still die.
While this could be seen as a 'bad' ending and the other just has everything reset, the choices were a lot more meaningful than telltale games where your choices all lead to the same ending no matter what which I really dislike.
+MrLores111 It's life.
+MrLores111 It is between selfish and selfless. Max knows she caused the whole chain of events by intervening when someone got shot. She didn't even know it was Chloe at the time. By standard definitions, the moral thing to do was to go back and let nature take its course, or as Spock would say, "The needs of the many, outweigh the needs of the few, or the one." An immoral person would take the selfish route to please themselves and sacrifice the many for the one. A classic symptom of anti-social personality disorder.
+jfabritz Does it disturb your order or understanding of "right" if it was equally selfish either way? Or rather, that picking one person you love over the town you love, is somehow still the same on the inside. Are the overall social pressures of being an outstanding or good person always defined by how many you save over how many you lose. I think people are never sure. Those that are, have rationalized it somehow, but I am not going to argue about how it would be bad if a person blah blah blah, evocative thought seems to be your strength so I will just point to an alternate reality where God/Destiny/etc. wanted arcadia bay to be destroyed and after many attempts ti fix things chloe tells max she can't, max sacrifices the many and chloe goes on to cure world hunger/ cancer/etc. although my point may be lost if I didn't emphasize that she could go on to do the usual stuff and that is still life. We just don't know...
I believe those who picked this ending just want Chloe alive. Notice how dreamy it is? Bright and sunny. Destruction all around but the road is clear. No definitive resolve as to who lived or who died. Animal spirits. I'm starting to think that maybe Max and Chloe are trapped in limbo or an alternate reality. If that's the case then Max and Chloe can live happily *ever* after and for eternity.
+NiZZULiVΞ There are dead bodies.
+NiZZULiVΞ both endings are so insanely unsatisfying
+frights1 You're right. It looks like they have no faces though.
+NiZZULiVΞ it kind of reminds me of Schrodinger's cat. You can't deny that chloe in that reality where she lived doesn't exist, she tells her that what they shared was real and that she'll be with her forever regardless of what decision she makes. So regardless of what Max picked, the fact that the option is there means that both realities exist and it becomes just a matter of which world Max would rather live in. One in which she let a town of people be destroyed while having her best friend with her, or one without her best friend? games have a way of making u open up to such crazy theories it's so great
NiZZULiVΞ They are kind of mysterious, and it never goes into detail on any of Max's friends dying which is strange.
I just can't get over the fact that people wouldn't get in their cars and ride away from Arcadia Bay. The tornado is moving so slowly, I mean wow. They must have had plenty of time to drive away.
I thought the same. I mean, are they fucking stupid or what?
+Grobee Think it's like a freak 'dimensional' storm that just appeared out of nowhere. Kind of like how it was snowing at 80 degrees.
Lol made my day
Yes! This! Get your ass out of town. Doesn't make sense they just sat there and took it in the face.
+Grobee Like AceofArrows said, roads probably were blocked and not everyone had functioning cars. Not to mention the lack of gas to run the vehicle (if the cars aren't hybrids) itself. Surely, some people did probably leave but I wouldn't say a lot of people left Arcadia. Plus, everyone was in a panic and couldn't think very clearly. In the Main timeline where Max escapes the Dark Room via David, you can see that a lot of cars are broken and abandoned.
As long as they are together, it's okay for me.
i wonder we they'll go now?
poor warren
It feela kinda selfish but i agree
WeirdOo me too but you should think more positively, we don’t know if everyone died in the storm or not. There’s too little proof.
Yea
well you could say
she
sacrificed the bay
for the bae
YYYYYEEEEAAAAAHHHHH
oh god no
Yes
+The Man in Pink *badtum tss*
She paid the ultimate price. For Price.
"thank you come again"
For some reason that cracked me up.
Apu from The Simpsons, perhaps?
+BroudbrunMusicMerge Apu?
I feel like I laughed innapropriately when I read that sign... xD
Yeah... "Your welcome, I guess..."
BroudbrunMusicMerge Come again ? Errr what about no ?
#BayforBae
#BaeOverBay
#BaesInBay
Fuck it, I saved Chloe! For all those saying it's a selfish ending, picture yourself in Max's shoes. In the event of your loved one or the town, would you really have used the photo? Think about it. It's literally the train situation. Do you save the all the people tied on one track or do you save your loved one tied to the other? Your choice is who dies. I made mine.
I also want to point out why do people dislike a video that shows exactly what the title says. there's honestly not a reason to dislike it.
+xxBXTxx Some people just hate everything in life. Now this game will be buried in my thoughts as the best game of me lyfe. And now back to fucking reality. My finals is next week.......
DawingmanT900 lol that does suck. Hope you pass it study hard
"Some people just want to watch the world burn"
This ending packs more of an emotional punch, especially with the music. Knowing that Chloe lost everything and them driving off. It feels like a real ending, especially with the sign at the end.
agree
I noticed snow as they left the town. Just saying.....
+Andy Shepard That's not snow, look at the whole last 2 minutes. That's most likely shit just floating around in the wind from the wreckage.
Edit: Actually think its bugs. They're flying around like they're alive. Also, not a cloud in the sky.
Ermahgerd double edit: Those are flower seeds. Google/UA-cam flower seeds. And look at the large ones in the last 15 secs of this video on the verrry right. Apparently after bad storms you will see a lot of that due to the wind.
+Andy Shepard You know nothing Jon Snow
+Andy Shepard watch fullscreen HD -- they are dandelion seeds floating in the air
Think about it, would Max had the powers in the first place if it wasn't to save Chloe? It was clear that she had to live no matter the cost. Destiny.
Well said
Well Max would still have her powers regardless b/c when she went back in time to the last day William was alive to save him she could still rewind
supa, the thing is that with that, its just like holding something and keeping it after a rewind or whatever to for example break the fire alarm glass. like being a tourist, she wasn't gonna stay in that reality and go through her life all over again and stuff.
nicotine, her power creates the storm so that means while she uses it for being a hero the thing grows. It's as if the gods were bored one day and wanted to try something new to see the outcome. Like if they wanted to get a really good story from their creation, showcasing all their humanly aspects come alive in a deep and emotional raw way all at once, to feel happy about what love is all about and how it is central to creation. fucked up for the specimen though, sorta.
She had the powers before chloe got shot.
This is the ending i chosed and i don't have regrets. I just can't bear the thought of letting Chloe die.
And who said that letting Chloe die fixed everything: in the other ending we see Chloe funeral, but what happen next? Maybe the strange events and the tornado happens again.
In this ending the tornado destroyed the city but not Chloe that is supposed to be causing all of this? Why? And in the end the sky is bright and the sun shines when Max and Chloe leave the city, the tornado vanished. And what if Chloe had to survive, instead of die? Wer'e talking about time travels and changing reality: there's nothing proven we can know about such things. Max feels guilty because she think she's started all of this, but she dreamed of the storm before rewinding the time for the first... time (sorry) so, maybe, the storm had just to heppen no matter what.
Maybe max mission, or destiny, was from the start to save Chloe form the storm.
I don't know for sure, but there are so many variables that one cannot just say for sure that the other ending is better: we should have seen what will happen in next days after the endings.
Only sure thing is that "Life is strange" touched every one of us deeply.
Thank you so much Dontnod!
i agree with you, i've seen chloe die enough already, about six times
If you think of multiple realities (timelines) and Max jumping from one to another every time she messes with time.. Then it's not even a matter of saving Chloe or Arcadia Bay, but choosing which reality you want to live on. In other words, choosing to "Save Arcadia Bay" means Max you'll jump to that reality, but both timelines will happen anyway. So I personally choose to stick with Chloe with no regrets.
theres not much left if we save the town but loses the one person we really care
In a way, you could say that you're saving the bay in both endings, depending on your definition of the bay. In this ending the town is destroyed, but notice the family of deer near the end. This is a sign that nature is reclaiming the land. The town can't harm the land anymore, and balance has been restored. Also notice that they specifically show Pan Estates in ruins, which was also ruining everything. So in one ending you save the town of Arcadia Bay, and in the other ending the land of Arcadia Bay.
don't judge me...but I sacrificed Arcadia Bay. I know what it' like to lose something important. This makes me feel like that important thing is still there. So that's my choice.
That's also my ending... I think that's what Max want. I want it.
I save many people during storm - not all of them dies. I just choose between the one people who Max love and group of citisens.
I choose love. If I didnt't save Chloe - that's make no sense. She understand all her faults. She's a better person after all this storm. Maybe we have a power to rescue her life and her soul against all the world.
Sorry for bad english. Im not native speaker and my language skills are a litte shitty.
Great game...
I see another choice and .... I feel totally fucked.
if i had someone like chloe who was my everything, I would always choose her. for those of you who haven't been through a similar situation, you wouldn't understand... but i actually have. and life feels hollow and dead without them. It is the worst thing ever. but it does suck that everything else gets ruined... but id rather die than loose the one thing i live for and love most.
If i were Chloe, I can't live with the fact, that EVERYONE in Arcadia Bay is killed for my life. Glad you choose the other ending in the main video.
If you feel that way, its fine to me because i still prefer this ending, also don't forget that the prescott family owned most of the town. I wonder how they felt after they lost almost everything they owned in the sacrifice arcadia bay ending
The other ending is probably better executed but I find this more consisten with the charatcters. I had not boubt when I had the choice, save Chloe!
to avoid depression, I just combine both endings into one. This is how my idea went: After the Sacrifice Chloe ending, Nathan is later broken out of prison by the Prescotts along with Jefferson (who convinced them to free him) during the next day. Motivated by Jefferson's thirst for revenge, they formed a crime syndicate with his help. At the same time, Max has a nightmare that involves seeing Arcadia Bay under the control of the Prescotts, with many people either being killed or enslaved. The nightmare starts to comes true when two days later, the Prescotts launch an attack on one of the homes that left no evidence. This continued to happen after several days with the police still unable to find proof, leading Max to find out why this is happening via nightmare: because the storm never happened, the Prescotts and Jefferson's wrath will continue to secretly spread to other towns and cities close to Arcadia Bay with millions of people also being killed or enslaved by the now-powerful crime syndicate. To prevent even more innocent lives from dying, she must allow the storm to destroy Arcadia Bay to prevent the founding of the crime syndicate. The same blue butterfly appears and leads her to a picture of the lighthouse (which has apparently taken before the storm was about to happen). She then uses it to travel back in time and explains everything to chloe, which then starts the Sacrifice Arcadia Bay ending. In the end, Max finds herself with chloe in her truck, driving down a highway in the middle of a desert.
I would never sacrifice hot Chloe
+Im still a killer instinct fan 1 hot girl for a whole town of potential hot girls
Chloe looks like a basic emo. not hot
me either, plus, chloe didn't protest or try to intervene with max's choice, instead respecting her wishes
but you would sacrifice a whole town. So, there is a chance you would kill off girls who are far hotter than she is! Chloe is just average looking emo girl in my opinion.
Yungboy 123 You would sacrifice your other friends and family members too just over that one friend. You might lose much more! Her other friend Warren is dead in this ending.
This ending is perfect for people who want her to live as Chloe finally gets everything she wants. She's found peace and hapiness, she's gotten her best friend back, and she gets to do what she's always wanted which is to hop her car and just leave that shithole of a town with someone she cares about. It's Chloe's silver lining and whoever fell in love with her character chose this ending because of that.
never regretted a minute that i saved chloe.
Me too but i feel bad
And it was too sad
RIP Kate, the only character I was sad over losing.
Tropicana Orange Juice she doesn’t die, she leaves before the storm
i don't think she's dead, if she's in the hospital, she must still be alive
you can still save her
This ending is close to Helen of Troy's enigma "a face that launched a thousand ships". Chloe is "a girl worth a whole town" or something of that sort. It's an awesome tragedy (literature).
I know, yes.
1. It's weird because Chloe's mom is in that town and Max had Kate, Warren, Dana, Alyssa, etc.
2. What the actual fuck Chloe was CHILL with Max's decision.
3. They didn't even look for her mom or their friends after
However,
This ending is more intriguing and... 'fresh'.
I chose to Sacrifice Chloe during the first run, the ending was so typical of every time travel movie I've seen, it didn't evoke any emotion out of me. Maybe that's why I liked this one.
+Ae C They knew they died. And Chloe is completely loyal to max. She knew everybody else just to wipe the death off her, and she knew what max did was right.
They just, "knew"? I don't think that's a fair judgement seeing that most houses/buildings weren't completely destroyed.
+Ae C Max's fault I guess, Chloe could have assumed they already looked out for them in another timeline, in which they found everyone is dead, and didn't want to push Max to tell her.
+Ae C 6:56 There is someone cover by a blanket. I think its ok to assume they DID looked for survivers
Guilherme Martins I bet they didn't. 1. Because Max knew one reality where the diner blew up and she probably assumed that that's what happened in the current reality. If they did search for them, they wouldn't be able to SMILE at all in that last bit. Chloe even "reassured" Max which is strange since(assuming that they did look for loved ones) she just saw her mother's dead body.
Haha holy shit you have to be a complete sociopath to go for this ending.
There is no clear bad ending.
There is only Chloe or the town.
It all depends on what you value.
Exactly.
I mean, saving everyone that clearly doesn't give a shit about you and that appreciate you just because you tell them what they want to hear isn't true friendship. They were just looking for a person like Max as a foil. That prooves how shitty they can be. If Max would just have been true to herself, they would just have rejected her.
When the other Max told her "you just wanted to be popular", well, I actually think that the other people (like Brooke, character that I can't stand, or Justin, that found that Max was cool when she start to talk about skateboard... this isn't accepting people for who they are, but much liking them because they talk about what you love) were the one who actually wanted to be popular. Not kind, not understanding, just popular, where in fact it's not about being the best, but a better person (point that they clearly miss).
However, Chloe was always a friend to Max, even when they argued or when shit hits the fan.
Yes Chloe is an outsider who is sometimes out of control and selfish, but look at her life : no one would like a past like her.
This ending actually proves that people always have a second chance when they make amend. What Chloe actually did before Max took that decision.
Also, Chloe wasn't MEANT to die. If she would, Max wouldn't have this power in the first place. This is how fate and destiny works: if something has to happen, nothing can prevent it, there wouldn't be an opportunity or even a chance to save her in any shape or form, with or without superpowers. And since Max had the vision of the storm BEFORE discovering her power, that proves once more that this storm was meant to happen.
I don't get how people can sacrifice the person that they love the most just to wash their hands clean out of the mess that they did. It is not what I call a responsible choice (you have to face the consequences of your actions, what the game actually teaches us through all the episodes), and sacrificing someone just to have your consciousness clear is just cowardice.
Valuing the life of people that can actually drive away (the storm doesn't appear in a blink of an eye and people had WAAAY much time to escape) over the life of the person that you cared the most about isn't valuing what true friendship is. It is actually dishonesty to its extreme. Most of the people didn't give a shit about Max, so why would she?
Plus of that, nothing says that everyone died. If the deers has survived, so people can (the whales obviously couldn't as the storm hit the sea and we all know that they can't live outside it). The fact that one of the body is covered by a blanket proves that there has been survivors of the storm.
Every character was complaining about this town. It might be horrible to see it wracked, but that's actually how ends and beginnings are: sometimes, an act of destruction is an act of creation (quote from Donnie Darko).
Losing everything actually gives you the opportunity to start again, something better, in another place.
Better going through this than sitting and waiting for the Prescott to take over and enslaving people just because they have financial power over everyone. If there is no town anymore, then the Prescott lose their power over it, and people are actually free from that moment.
Long comment, but I wanted to express that, and hey, it's just an opinion based on my value ;)
I value saving thousands of innocent lives and kicking one chick who was telling me to kill her off the cliff
-_-
Why must you choose between saving the town or Chloe if the game’s directive says that max must use her powers to save Arcadia bay? That could’ve been a mistake or a suggestion.
Watching this ending makes me feel a lot better, the sacrifice Chloe ending really hit me hard. However does anyone else think that, since LIS took place in one week, in that time a giant hurricane emerged to destroy the city because Max defied fate by saving Chloe again and again, what will happen in a month, of a few years if she keeps on saving her? It could lead to the destruction of the entire planet if this keeps happening. Anyone else agree?
+Greg Courtney Finally, been looking for a comment like this for this retarded ending, 100% agreed.
+Greg Courtney When Max came back to save Williams, and thus changing the course of history, no big hurricane emerged. So maybe it is not at every saving that fate will throw an hurricane.
Greg Courtney maybe, but if people keep saying that this ending is selfish then why was it placed in the game for? Maybe because some people aren’t comfortable with the other ending. Also, the storm is a natural disaster like the September 11 attacks, except it was caused.
They should call this ending "never compromise, not even in the face of Armageddon".
+Sloth7d that Watchmen reference. Respect.
+selina d that's always been the difference between us Chloe
this is the best ending to me
to be honest,I like this ending more than the "sacrifice chloe" ending.
I rlly like the ending song of this "obstacles" bcuz it represents how this is just another obstacle that they both need to overcome... How the hell did Max is given powers if she is not gonna use it to save Chloe... I think that Max is given powers to save Chloe and not let her die... Maybe letting Chloe lived is Chloe's and Max's destiny... Maybe fate is just testing them and see if they will do anything for each other.. I just want them to be happy 😖😖😖
i think i wouldve chose this ending, everything that theyve done together, everything they gone through... It cant be for nothing.
What I don't understand is, why didn't people leave, or at least go somewhere safe?!
That tornado was going super slow, and somehow Max and Chloe managed to get to a safe place.
So why couldn't they?!
Hmmm... actually think this is the happier ending for them 2. I get a whole town is dead, but neither of them really cared nearly as much for anyone in the town. Also now the guilt that Max would of felt is not something she has to hide from the world and face alone, she has someone who actually understands her in this version of the world.
Everyone is sad because they let Joyce,Warren,and other people she cared about die. But I'm seriously sad for Frank too.He was rude but he has a good heart too.
For me it's not which ending had the most hope, but which one had the most despair.
Choice 1: You save Arcadia Bay, but all the pain and torment Max went through to save Chloe would of been for nothing. The dark room, the nightmares, all of it was for nothing. Kate lives no matter what, so the fight to keep her alive was for nothing. All the times you save Alyssa, didn't happen. All your choices and decisions was for nothing.
Choice 2: You save Chloe, someone who you've fought tooth and nail for, but at the cost of so many people you've learned to care for. Warren, Joyce, David (possibly, he could be in the dark room with Jefferson/corpse), Kate if she lived, and everyone else. Even if they live, everything they own and their homes are destroyed.
+Paper Toadette David won't be in the Dark room in this ending. He arrested Jefferson in the day prior, because Max convinced Chloe not to look for Nathan. So David is probably at their house.
It's not probable that anyone lived, because the storm reached ALL of Arcadia bay. We know this because it hit even the Dark Room barn, which is the farthest location from the shore. I'm not sure how tornadoes work, but if we go on an assumption that they move in a curve or in a straight line, and knowing it was going on the other direction from the lighthouse, MAYBE the Prescott Estate, the Junkyard and the Barn are still standing. but Two whales was definitely hit, and Chloe's house, and Blackwell.
+kinodesplat Yeah....except for an EF-Over9000 Tornado there, this was EF3 at best. And I do know waterspouts aren't as strong as this one. Usually
As for curve, it can happen, just depends on meteorological patterns and jet flow direction
Many people say that it better to keep moving forward in life rather than going back to undo a mistake
i just save Chloe and remain with that
Thank you so much for posting this special ending. Just watched your main video... Who else would have chosen this ending? Save your best friend / girlfriend instead of a town?
#baeoverbay
+PierceThe Emma IM DONE LMAO
+Jordan Jones lol :3
+PierceThe Emma brilliance
+Martin Konrad i would have. i mean.. i didnt watch episode 5 yet, so i wouldnt know, but dont all of the people in this town see this tornado? or were they just like 'oh shit there is a huge fucking tornado coming my way. nah, ill just sit right in front of my house and wait until its over.'?
i like this ending better.. just because.. i cant stand by get depressed when chloe died ;-; .
The other ending made me cry, so I chose this one.
I don't give a shit I would do that to Cloe or anyone I love that same treatment.When you say "I love you and will do anything for you" this is what it means.
Harsh but so fucking true trust me better to live with reality than a glass house which will break.It's not being selfish if you loved someone so much that you would do anything this means anything.
Fucking hell this took me in an emotional roller coast I'm telling you but if I find a chick like Cloe with Blue hair I'm jumping xD
i can't understand those who chose to save Arcadia Bay. Max has no attache there, no one for who she really really cares. Chloe is everything to her. Their love is the whole point of the game, something that never fails. I chose to save Chloe and i absolutely do not regret that.
+Celestial Crystal ASMR MAYBE BECAUSE THERE THOUSANDS PEOPLE IN ARCADIA BAY!!! FAMILIES CHILDREN WONDERFUL PEOPLE NOT DESERVING TO DIE YOU ARE REALLY A SELFISH AND EVIL HUMAN BEING IF YOU SAVE ONE PERSON OVER THOUSANDS.
Blitzcrank TheGreatSteamGolem it's a video game.........
me either, picture 9/11 for example, many lives were lost too
well.....she left the town at young age and then came back with much memories probably faded already
for some twisted reason I like this ending much better. I love Chloes character and I couldn't stand to see Max cry over having to let her die. but this way you don't see the dead bodies and it's got a sad but happy ending for Chloe and Max
i also couldn't bear seeing chloe die again, but i still think some people survived
Damn you're quick uploading this! Nice to see an alternate ending! But its good you went with the other ending in your live stream. Great vids!
The song "1000 Miles Per Hour" by OK Go is perfect for this..
"Max, It's time"
"Not anymore"...Oh my tears dropping again :') (happy ones) I wish I could choose an ending where Max suicide or something so everyones lives but nope, so, Chloe was always my number one priority xoxo
Chloe couldnt afford to lose another person she love ....
I'll be honest, Max could have just warned people and evacuated the city, sure the tornado may have struck, but that ends with no death.
I know right video games are too restricted.
The people that don't like this ending have obviously never been truly in love. When it comes down to it, I'd watch the world burn to save the one I love.
+Chef Larom Agreed. Though I don't think either ending are particularly "bad" overall. It's not an easy choice.
Do you love someone enough to let them die when they ask you to?
Or do you love someone enough to save them and let others die?
If I were Max, I definitely would hesitate, because this is someone who I just spent the craziest week of my life with --- someone who I am closer to than ever before. Someone I've already seen die.
I think the main point is, neither of the decisions are easy and they both have different consequences you don't like. ;;
+Chef Larom If the world burned wouldn't the one you love also die? All her family and friends would die too, she would probably kill herself if not hate you forever for killing everyone she cared for.
+EroticOnion23 You.. don't know what metaphors are, do you?
Chef Larom Hmm, okay, you'd sacrifice thousand of innocent strangers (kids, women, working men, elderly), just to save one. So glad you don't have any power on the world stage...
I've been in love, but I don't sacrifice my morals when I do. There's other people, like me, who would also be deeply in love (like David and Joyce, Warren, possibly Victoria) and choosing to sacrifice an entire town of people, leaving any sole survivors with only death and destruction, is causing a lot more harm than sacrificing one person - albeit the one you love. You wouldn't like to lose that one love, so why would you purposely inflict that pain *hundreds* of people?
Clearly, you've never learned to say good bye and move on.
Oh god, I really am in love with Max..
Chloe's truck doesn't destruct by a tornado
As much as I like Chloe, I'd have to say I like the Sacrifice Chloe ending more because of how emotional it is. This one is just too plain and boring.
+NerdyGirl wow ..A bit short-sided from how you wrote that but I feel you
Well, the other ending is pretty emotional, but this one only gave me emotion because of the song from the end of episode 1, I felt the nostalgia back to when I played this game for the first time, also because of what this song means to me
i preferred this ending because its far more emotional to me
Here’s a better ending. Warn Joyce and David and, others by choice. Then get the hell out! Boom! Everyone lives!
Glad you went with the other ending in the main video.
+Empirical Phage Me too.
+Savvas Xif how is this the best ending??? EVERYBODY DIED, EVEN THE GOOD ONES!! just to save 1 person that knew there fate was death
yes ik its her best 'friend' but still a WHOLE town is gone. kids.dogs.babys.etc DEAD.just for a girl that already knew her fate was to die.
+Domic-Chan life is not black and white, good or bad choices, life is in a grey area. think of who you love most in the world friend, family, whomever and then think back to that choice. it's not easy either way you slice it.
+TheLastPrawn It's true that life isn't completely black and white, but how black and white it is depends on how you look at it, what your values are, and how selfless you're willing to be.
I think I’ve figured something out, the final choice isn’t technically focused on saving lives, it’s focusing on ending the paradox. Sacrificing Chloe will undo the changes and stop the paradox from happening in the first place while sacrificing Arcadia bay will allow the damage to heal itself after the storm passes. Plus, Chloe is fine with either choice and won’t protest. She wasn’t insisting that you should sacrifice her, she’s suggesting two options that you must choose from to end the paradox: going back to undo the damage or keep moving forward and allowing the damage to automatically repair itself.
If Max just ask everyone to go to the lighthouse then maybe she didnt have to sacrifice chloe to save the town.
I dont really know what choice I would make in real life, anybody can pretend to be the hero in what if scenarios but if I had to choose between a town and the girl I love I honestly dont know what I would do.
I love games that make you look deep into your own personal moral compass
I like this ending better than letting chole die I mean ik lots of people died & places gone but come on u lost ur best friend
Dark Wonder me too, and I would consider this the true ending since the sequel takes place in a different area with new characters, plus I hope some people managed to survive that storm. For those who don’t agree with me, pretend I never said this
....you know what. I believe this is the best ending. Because you and Chloe get to be together, like you guys wanted. Fuck Arcadia Bay, save Chloe. "Bae over the bay"
Skip to 4:00 for the descision.
I did this the first time I ended the game, I'm not ashamed of it, and I'll would do it again. Sorry Arcadia Bay.
Everything Max did was for Chloe so why wouldn't she just sacrifice everyone else? The whole story was revolving around saving Chloe no matter what.
it's a hard choice okay, but just move on no matter what the cost is
This is the one and only ending, don't fight me at this.
I feel this was the really selfish ending. Max basically played "god" and killed hundreds of people, basically murdering them, just so she could have her best friend. GOD the other ending is so much better. This ending makes Chloe and Max seem like total bitches. THEY DIDN'T EVEN SEEM SAD THAT ALL THEIR FRIENDS AND CLHOE'S FAMILY JUST DIED!!!!
DON'T SAY THAT! some people must have survived i just know it, plus, both endings are sad
When it was the time to make the choice, I turned off my console. I couldnt choose between them. I always put myself in the main characters shoes when playing and Chloe was my best friend. I felt guilty for abandoning her and couldnt let her die without going through that week. At the same time, I couldnt let Arcadia Bay die. Warren, Kate, Joyce. Everyone.
But by watching this scene I could see that Im putting myself in the wrong person's shows. I know Max would for the rest of her life feel bad about herself know matter which ending you choose. But what about Chloe? Imagine looking at all that destruction and feeling responsible for that. Knowing that your mother, your sted-dad, all your friends died because of you, because you wouldnt die. If she wouldnt blame herself, she would blame Max. For not making the choice, for letting her live but everyone else die. Doing that to Chloe would be worse than the wheelchair.(she felt so guilty about her parents. About what they were going through.)
I still havent made my mind. But I really don't think they would be happy after all this. Even after going to L.A. Even if they have each other. I just wish Max had warned everyone in the town about the tornado, Idk. I dont wanna make this choice
I SAVED CHOLE AND I WOULD DO IT AGAIN!
That town would not of gotten the hurricane if someone actually chose to pay their carbon taxes! >_
You.... You are something else... You know that? You are something else....
Not much I can really do about that I am afraid. XD
Glad you can make light out of something so dark. Like carbon. XD We're going to hell, aren't we?
Well all the interesting people in history probably went to hell anyway. Heaven must be a dull place.
I don’t wish for innocent people to die but I had personal issues with the Prescott family
I'm the only one who would sacrifice a whole town for the person i value the most?
I prefer this ending. bae>bay
i like how the developers doesn't show any sign of lives other than the two implying its up to us to interpret the situation, some might survived. But at the end we saw them leaving Arcadia Bay seems to emphasize that everyone is dead
So Chloe has to die. The universe is trying to get rid of her for some reason, but we keep saving her. I'm assuming that even after this event Max will have to keep saving her and the universe will have to keep going out of its way to get the job done(maybe an asteroid will do?). I guess the timeline with Chloe's father not getting into an accident would be the best for everyone (arguably including Max). I prefer the other ending.
+Gergo049 I wouldnt say the universe trys to kill Chloe but the Universe wants that that the events around Chloe happen (like killing her)
by not letting her killed by Nathan the tornado etc. was created but also could just nothing happened because in the time line evry little change will change the future so after this Chloe isnt in the Spotlight by the universe only the reason for the Storm i think ;D
i don't think that's how it works, deaths and disasters will happen no matter what, that's how the universe works
2 years later they moved And build up their own house And their Friendship Never ends, Some day Chloe and Maxine Went In arcadia bay visited Their old home Some new things happened in Arcadia Bay, Credits after
The real question is, HOW THE FUCK DID HER TRUCK SURVIVE THE TORNADO?
Yeah, a few good people probably died, but a lot more assholes probably did as well.
I'd call this a net gain.
It kinda seems like some people (like Joyce, Warren and Frank) would've survived as the dinner was still standing just like how it was when Max went in it to get the photo. So to me this seems like when it says "sacrifice Arcadia Bay" it literally means the town, not the people.
i completely agree with you
I have some things to say:
1. Not all stories have good endings okay, infinity war had a sad ending too
2. Both endings are sad, unlike the prequel, which had a happy ending
3. I don't think everybody died in the storm, some people may have survived as long as there is hope
4. Would you sacrifice the one life you care for or a million innocent lives? Like Ratchet said in Transformers Animated: "Heroes are the ones who make the hard choices?"
5. Sometime after I watched the other ending, I saw a vision of that ending played out differently: When Nathan was about to kill Chloe, Max jumped in between them and Nathan ended up killing them both. Everything else is the same, except there are two coffins instead of one and Max isn't among everyone else at the funeral (you know why so don't ask). I don't know why I thought of this but I thought this was even worse.
6. We've seen Chloe die six times already.
7. Don't forget this everyone, this is all fictional, so it won't affect you in real life other than your reactions.
I'd save Chloe no matter the cost.
plus, I think Arcadia Bay kinda deserves to be destroyed...
but yeah, not the people who lived in it, though.
me to, because i believe a bigger disaster would happen if the town wasn't destroyed. wasn't there a rich family (the prescotts) living in the town and have control over almost the whole place, even the police
yeah ,just destroy the town since it was owned by some greedy bastard
You Damn right I'm going to sacrifice Arcadia Bay all that trouble I went through with Chloe and saving her in ep 5 lol.
People in Arcadia bay would survive the storm but only a little percentage can,Or if they evacuated when they saw the Tornado or heard of it,They should've ran away
Leenk Exactly like bruh
which is why I don't understand and why I saved Chloe
Just evacuate the damn town..you had FOUR DAYS warning and you literally saw what happened
I don't care how you have to convince people.
The game is lovely and I'm so glad they made it..don't get me wrong..but I thought that could have been handled better.
its not safe to drive in a storm, but i did believe some people did survive:
1. blackwell academy is a solid brick building and it should've been able to survive the storm, which means that everyone there may still be alive
2. the barn is not too close to the town, meaning that david must've survived if he stayed there
3. The two whales diner is still standing despite taking serious damage, meaning that the people in the diner (joyce, warren, frank, and pompdou) could still be alive. I know the diner exploded earlier, but there's a chance that may have been changed by max's time travel ability
4. the town apparently had bunkers so some people must have survived
(all these theories did not come from me)
5. This is my own theory: the prescott family may have survived the storm and since they're rich, they can help rebuild the town
I sacrificed Arcadia Bay without any hesitation. For me, it wasn't a choice. I actually laughed at the fact the game even gave me the option to let Chloe die. Saving Chloe, the love of Max's life, her best friend that she grew up with, her entire reason for changing time, was the only thing to do; out of all those people - most of whom were corrupt, evil or abusive in some way - how many romances as strong and life-long as Max and Chloe's would have occurred? None.
Such a love is worth more than Arcadia Bay, it has no price, because no sacrifice is too great for such a love.
If Max had let Chloe die, she would be left to live the rest of her life in loneliness with a hole in her heart, always aching for her one true love, that she had allowed to die for the sake of an awful town. No one else, not Warren, or anybody, would ever have compared to Chloe Price. Those people don't matter to Max, or to me. Chloe is the only one who matters out of all of them.
Now they get to be together for the rest of their lives
I say that this is the good ending in my opinion.
MemeQueen413 there is no good or bad ending nor is this ending selfish, it’s more like choosing love over community
This is the unbreakable friendship choice.
It's not a good ending but it's... Its... Unbreakable even if it cost a city and everyone in it
there is no good ending for this game
HOW THE FUCK DID PEOPLE NOT EVACUATE?!
TereziLovesCandyRed they knew something huge was happening and there is no sirens or any tornado safety things in OREGON. So kinda explains it was unexpected and unprepared. Although the tornado was very quick and probably gave time for people to escape but whatever.
TereziLovesCandyRed WHY THE FUCK DIDNT MAX WARN EVERYONE?
who would believe her?
Alex P Honestly, after everything that had been going on, I would. Plus, she could talk to Warren and Ms Grant so they could help her try to warn people. She could also use her powers to predict a near future and prove that her vision was real
Yeah Warren would. Homeless woman would. You would. But 99% would still think she's just a little girl with big imagination. If she proves her powers to, let's say, some cop, she'll probably end up in hands of doctors or FBI agents. Be realistic.
What I am asking myself, how to keep on, if it is one of your loved ones, and how would you life with your decision. Both are horrorbly.
This ending is obviously a bad choice. It would've been different had there been the least bit of reassurance regarding whether anyone survived, but the writers were smart enough to answer that question in subtle ways. Everyone did die except for Max and Chloe. This is truly a selfish ending.
+Timon Wood Omg Warren... :(
SydSyd Smith Yeah. In this ending, he's dead, unfortunately.
+Timon Wood NO PLES WARREN
Pompidou :(
+Timon Wood The Diner Seems To Be Okay Though.. Although The Sign Falls Off And Coincidentally Spell's "DI E"
The Building's Okay. So There's A Small Chance That Atleast ONE Person Other Than Max And Chloe Survived.
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even though i chose the other ending, i think this one is the best. if you choose the other, everything in the entire game was pointless besides finding jefferson
Equally canon ending, shame it wasn't a fleshed out. It really shows in both endings and events leading up to, that they had a lot more they wanted to do but couldn't due to budget and time restraints. Just look at all the unanswered questions from episodes 1-4 and storylines that go nowhere.
Great writing team, but the realities of creating a videogame meant they couldn't do everything they wanted, something they no doubt mirrored in the two endings, you can't have it all.
Towns come back after storms, after anything. People don't. Choose Chloe like you would choose to keep Quiet in the phantom pain, because love is the only thing that matters. "Wherever I end up after this...in whatever reality...all those moments between us were real, and they'll always be ours." Chloe said this, but Quiet could have said this as well.
+A.T. Rana But in the sacrifice Arcadia bay ending literally everyone else dies except Choe and Max, nobody in the town at the time could possibly survive something like that, and that includes Joyce, Warren, Kate, David, literally every character in the game beside the main two. So it's either Chloe dies or everyone else does. I hated sacrificing Chloe but it was unfair to kill everyone else for her sake.
+Jowenbra this was proposed to me the other day. No parent wants to bury their child, it's worse than a child burying their parents. I truly believe that Joyce and David (even though he's her step dad) would sacrifice themselves to save their daughter so I don't mourn them as much cuz they would have wanted this. Kate is in the hospital so she would likely be safe leaving only Warren as the main character who wouldn't want to die. Either ending is incredibly sad but I had to save chloe cuz if I were in Max's shoes and I had to choose the person I love over everyone else or a town full of people I don't know (excluding a few she does care for), I would do the selfish thing and save my love.
Okay so even if that, that includes 100s of other people whos lives you just ended, Including dozens of little kids probably. Think of all the families that would be destroyed, it would be a national tragedy that you let happen. Also Chloe seems like she's on a it of a final destination style ride,she keeps dying and everytime you save her things get more messed up. Maybe she was destined to die and you're only delaying the inevitable, leaving a trail of destruction behind you as you try to save her again and again. I'd personally be pissed at Max if I were Chloe and Max tore the photo, I wouldn't want all that on my shoulders.
+Jowenbra I don't think anyone denies that this is the selfish ending but I also think it's very human. Humans are flawed and inherently selfish, history has shown us this thousands of times. The choice would be much harder if it was you in that exact position with the one you love standing next to you. On a side note, I don't believe chloe was meant to die. Yes she died a few times but more often it was her getting shot not some crazy accident. Yes her dying does stop the tornado but not directly. The tornado was because max screwed with time so not benefits destiny wanted chloe.
yeah, the town can be rebuilt and i still think some people did survive
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I like this ending better. Fuck Arcadia Bay.
+Drey Drey UK It
s not just the town being destroyed, everyone in it died too, Kate, Joyce, Warren, all the other characters too, everyone died in this ending except Chloe and Max. When I played this I did sacrifice Chloe, because even though I didn't want to, none of the other people deserved to die any more than Chloe.... Except maybe jefferson and Nathan, but depending on your choices they're both dead anyways.
+Jowenbra We have no way of knowing who lived or died. For all we know most of the town survived.
just my two cents: i do not believe that there is a right or wrong or even a true ending. i can speak only for myself, but my ending was more affected by experiences in real live and how much i empathized with the protagonists instead of what is right or wrong.
if you have suffered a major loss in your life this game will really f*** you up. all the memories max is pointing at through the whole game will make you feel like it's not about max and chloe, but about you and your number one priority you have lost in your life. i bet most of these people will sacrifice arcadia bay.
i believe the game title (strange) is not referring to max' ability to go back in time (or to a parallel universe) and fix something. I like to think that it is referred to life itself, which is the sum of our (polarized?) choices made and how we manage to carry on. some of them are based on moral/logical standards, but we also make choices based on our emotions and feelings. therefore it is possible that the value of one person ist higher than the value of a whole town. at least for the person who has to choose.
is this selfish or immoral (we love to label the behavior of other people)? - i do not know.
would i sacrifice a whole town for my number one priority? - i would (not judging from experience).
i think it is pretty obvious which end i chose. :)
btw. a lot of people are asking why they don't even look if someone is alive. in my opinion this driving through the streets whitout making sure if anyone has survived is one of the most dramatic scenes in the whole game. it indicates that while standing at the lighthouse both knew for sure that no one is going to surive this. there is no "choose to save chloe and maybe someone survives". so they do not even bother.
no black and white, just grey.
nice ending.
people who call this selfish most likely didnt like Chloe enough to forsake their "superior" morals. in this case being we all know picking one person over a whole bunch of people is ultimately self-centered especially in this case because Max did this all to herself. lets be fair though, if she wouldve known all that, she wouldnt have done what she did but it was done and that strengthed the bond immensely between the two girl she went through all that hell maybe you shouldnt be so quick to call her selfish. we're driven by emotion and empathy but some or more controlled by logical and rational thinking despite their feelings. however, if you didnt like Chloe it would not be a hard choice for you to make. Unless you actually cared about what Max wanted and their friendship. Which was beautiful. I loved Chloe, she's my favorite. The only thing that annoyed me was her outtapocket attitude sometimes (which she would correct quicker & wasn't even that harsh, i've had brattier friends before) and her constant whining about Rachel, but i understood that so it wasnt that annoying to me because that was the whole point of the game was to find Rachel and i value friendship, especially best friendship. so i could empathize with Chloe, Max, and Rachel which I suppose tells you what choice I would go with.
Me a week ago: "can't be bothered with this, don't think I'll like it".
Me now: "AMAZING BUT CAN YOU STOP CUTTING ONIONS PLEASE!!!!!"
+B247E If you like anime and want a really good emotional drama anime, then watch Sakurasou no pet no kanojo
P.S: That one is 3x better than Nisekoi.
Honestly never got into anime but definitely want to give it a try. Thanks for the recommendation.
B247E No prob :-) Also, this is a Shounen anime so there are your typical 'moe' girls in there. But bear with it and the end is pretty good. Also, watch Clannad. I haven't seen it but many claim it to have the most emotional impact out of all.
B247E If you want a more Seinen one, try Golden Time.
+Sahil Pethe +B247E You need to watch both seasons of Clannad to get the full effect. The first season dances around you and the last season is the haymaker.
Both endings gave a tear to my eye...
It's not often you get this feeling of sadness from a game.
I always felt sad and guilt every time I see a movie with a sad tone.
Even if it's overrated or not.
One of the few examples is the ending to Inside Out. Sure the story is wacky and all.
But the ending where Riley cried in front of her parents with her remembering the good times they had.
It's like Life is Strange's Sacrifice Chloe decision.
You lost something you love and are remembering your good times with them....
Losing someone is tough.
This ending really makes me cry more then the other one..
You know that Chloe should have died but you decide not to let her die, at the cost of the town's people.
You know Max had a happily depressed ending. She killed an entire town for Chloe...
So glad I didn't pick this ending... It's actually shit. I would be pissed if I was Chloe, killing off EVERYONE (based off what it shows) just to save myself. Who wants to live with that guilt. Damn. You done fucked up Max. You done fucked it up.
Thanks to Life Is Strange. From them I get to know this beautiful ending song, I couldn't stop listen to It!
I have watched 6+ hours on here, I feel like I personally know Chloe....
I feel you, my heart dropped when she was paralyzed and i polished my boot when Chloe was shot in the head, i was just about to use my shiny boot to F***************** Boot the writer who made that twist's ass and re-boot it till his ass was part of his face!
especially if you play BTS first
so maybe im thinking too deep into this but why wasnt there an option to sacrifice max, think about it if she went back in time with the blue butterfly photo she could choose to antagonise nathan before he attacks chloe, the gun shot would be heard madsen would likly catch him leading to the exact same fate for nathan and jeffereson and there would be no chance of max ever accidentally causing this tornado again in the future with her power
what if chloe and max were both killed by nathan, that wouldn't change anything right?
Is David still alive since he was in the dark room
Bootas I think so
Yes bc david are in lis 2
Jesus both endings are sad af! The funeral in the other one and in this one, the realisation that Joyce, Warren, and Kate are all probably dead... I'm crying
i believe they are still alive